Bill Text: MN HF441 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Employees and officers of local public pension plans required to report unlawful actions to the state auditor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-22 - HF indefinitely postponed [HF441 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2013-HF441-Introduced.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to the state auditor; requiring employees and officers of local public
1.3pension plans to report unlawful actions;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012,
1.4section 609.456, subdivision 1.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 609.456, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7    Subdivision 1. State auditor. Whenever a public employee or public officer of
1.8a political subdivision or, charter commission, or local public pension plan governed
1.9by sections 69.77 or 69.771 to 69.775 or chapter 354A, discovers evidence of theft,
1.10embezzlement, unlawful use of public funds or property, or misuse of public funds by a
1.11charter commission or any person authorized to expend public funds, the employee or
1.12officer shall promptly report to law enforcement and shall promptly report in writing to the
1.13state auditor a detailed description of the alleged incident or incidents. Notwithstanding
1.14chapter 13 or any other statute related to the classification of government data, the public
1.15employee or public officer shall provide data or information related to the alleged incident
1.16or incidents to the state auditor and law enforcement, including data classified as not public.
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